The High People’s Court of Jiangsu Province ruled recently as the final and conclusive judgement that Xici estate did not infringe Xici. net’s trademark right and can continue using “Xici� for its new resident buildings.
Xici.net filed its suit in 2007, claiming that Xici estate misled the consumers by using the name “Xici� which was much better known as an online community. Xici estate, yet found no tort existed as “Xici� had never been registered under the business categories of insurance, finance, currency and real estate.
Hong Yanyan, a lawyer with the Nanjing Hongyan Trademark Agent, deemed that “Xici� did not fall under the provisions for exclusive protection as it wasn’t a nation-wide famous trademark. For Xici estate’s success in prior registration for the category of real estate, the Xici estate understandably won the suit.
